diff --git a/appveyor.yml b/appveyor.yml
index 384606b9554c212209def28e08b6cf77907f2f19..5b7ad242ec663a87594aedbf467bde1003048f01 100644
--- a/appveyor.yml
+++ b/appveyor.yml
@@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ environment:
       PYTHON_ARCH: "64"
       CONDA_PY: "35"
       CONDA_NPY: "18"
-      QTDIR: "C:\\Qt\\5.6\\5.6\\msvc2015_64"
+      QTDIR: "C:\\Qt\\5.6\\msvc2015_64"
       QDOWNLOAD: "http://download.qt.io/development_releases/qt/5.6/5.6.0-beta/qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.6.0-beta.exe"
       QINSTALLER: "qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015_64-5.6.0-beta.exe"
       platform: x64
@@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ environment:
       PYTHON_ARCH: "32"
       CONDA_PY: "35"
       CONDA_NPY: "18"
-      QTDIR: "C:\\Qt\\5.6\\5.6\\msvc2015"
+      QTDIR: "C:\\Qt\\5.6\\msvc2015"
       QDOWNLOAD: "http://download.qt.io/development_releases/qt/5.6/5.6.0-beta/qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015-5.6.0-beta.exe"
       QINSTALLER: "qt-opensource-windows-x86-msvc2015-5.6.0-beta.exe"
       platform: x86
@@ -31,15 +31,12 @@ install:
   # as well as pip, conda-build, and the binstar CLI
   - powershell .\\ci\\appveyor\\install.ps1
 
-  - IF NOT EXIST C:\Qt\5.6\5.6 curl -kLO %QDOWNLOAD%
-  - IF NOT EXIST C:\Qt\5.6\5.6 %QINSTALLER% --script ci\appveyor\qt-installer-noninteractive.qs
-  # - dir /b /s /ad c:\Qt
+  - dir /b /s /ad c:\Qt\5.6
   - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
-  - "IF EXIST %QTDIR%\\include\\QtNfc MOVE %QTDIR%\\include\\QtNfc %QTDIR%\\include\\QtNfc-disable"
   # Add qt to path
-  - "set PATH=%QTDIR%\\bin;%PATH%"
+  - "set PATH=%QTDIR%\\bin;%QTDIR%\\lib;%PATH%"
 
-  - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%PATH%"
+  - "SET PATH=%PYTHON%;%PYTHON%\\Scripts;%QTDIR\\lib;%PATH%"
   - "SET QT_PLUGIN_PATH=%QTDIR%\\plugins"
   - choco install -y vcredist2015
   - "%CMD_IN_ENV% conda config --set always_yes yes --set changeps1 no"